The FAQ is not ready yet, but on the French Language Meta there is a discussion about its content. This is a simple translation question and it seems it's not accepted. Maybe if you provide your translation efforts, it can have a bigger chance to stay open.
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AlenannoDec 13 '11 at 11:18

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@Alenanno I'm not sure about this being a "simple translation"; "coup de sang" seems to be one of the many "coup de..." French idioms that have a meaning other than the literal translation; in this case, it seems to mean something like "rush of blood to the head" or "seeing red". Is that translation "simple"? Note that the top-rated FAQ suggestion contains this: "Asking about the meaning of a difficult French sentence is fine". That's what's being done here, IMHO.
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JezDec 13 '11 at 15:05

@Jez I see... Mine was just an observation. If it's on topic, no problem for me! :)
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AlenannoDec 13 '11 at 15:10

The question is not very well asked. It should go something like Why can we say the ambassador is outraged? It seems to me OP needs help on understanding oral French. Now, is this part of FL&U? We could try rephrase or retag question.
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LaureDec 13 '11 at 19:40

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@Laure I think the question on topic and well asked. If coup de sang is violente émotion, violente colère (from Larousse), I don't understand the title in the Figaro either, because on the video extract, he does not seem violently outraged.
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rdsDec 14 '11 at 15:55

The ambassador might not look as if in a rage because mastering one's own feelings is part of an ambassador's training. So you mustn't judge on looks but on what is being said.
If an ambassador says scandale (scandal) and scandaleux (scandalous) three times in thirty seconds you can say he is outraged.

I'm sorry but this answer is not really pertinent for me. It addresses just the part "The ambassador doesn't seem really mad in the video..." which is not really the part of the question about French language. Could you, for example, say that coup de sang is usually employed to describe a situation in which the appearance is different from the real feelings of a person? Or, maybe, is it usual in French language to address ones thoughts or feelings instead of more objective universal and perceptions? Or maybe the article writer just used an hyperbole?
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PaoloDec 13 '11 at 21:40

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You can use coup de sang for all kind of ires, from a contained anger to a sudden burst of shouting. As Laure was saying, it isn't really apparent in that case because you won't get an angrier stance from a diplomat than the one seen in the video.
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StammDec 13 '11 at 22:11

@Paolo: You said you understood the figurative meaning of coup de sang and apparently you do. So I answered the part concerning the French language you did not seem to understand. The rest is a question of behaviour and feelings, not of language.
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LaureDec 14 '11 at 6:39

@Stamm maybe from a real diplomat not, but it is not uncommon to see politicians to fight in the parliament (at least in Italy :P). As well, at the UN someone like Chavez or Ahmadinejad would be more vehement. Anyway I originally asked for the translation of the expression. I changed the question to show some effort, but it has been a bad idea. Getting an accurate translation of the expression would have be perfect for me. Now seems a bit late to me to modify the question again, so I will just resign myself about it.
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PaoloDec 14 '11 at 9:25

You can wipe out the "probably". Coup de sang is not used here in its literal sense which is the colloquial term to describe the medical condition known "accident vasculaire cérébral". Although "rush of blood to the head" is sometimes used in English, we generally find "apoplectic fit" or "stroke". As for the figurative sense I find that the translation you gave in your question sudden rage is much better than seeing red. But let's leave it to EL&U.
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LaureDec 15 '11 at 7:48